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Modern Friendship: A Conversation with Author Anna Goldfarb

Modern Friendship: A Conversation with Author Anna Goldfarb

A conversation on the state of American friendships in the modern age

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I’ve written a lot about friendship over the past few years. Despite the topic, which often lends itself to humor and levity, the story of American friendship has been sobering. Over the past several decades, close friendships that have been a central feature of American social and civic life have been disappearing. More Americans report feeling lonely …

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